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Can I Use Your Soap as a Shampoo?

Can I Use Your Soap as a Shampoo?

A question that I've been getting more and more frequently over the past few years is, "can I use your soap as shampoo?" I give the most honest answer I...

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Can I Use Your Soap as a Shampoo?

A question that I've been getting more and more frequently over the past few years is, "can I use your soap as shampoo?" I give the most honest answer I...

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Farmer Pits: Natural and plastic-free deodorant

Farmer Pits: Natural and plastic-free deodorant

I've been making our "Farmer Pits" Natural deodorant for about seven years now but it feels like it's only in the past 2-3 years that I've gotten the recipe really...

Farmer Pits: Natural and plastic-free deodorant

I've been making our "Farmer Pits" Natural deodorant for about seven years now but it feels like it's only in the past 2-3 years that I've gotten the recipe really...

Why doesn't my soap look perfect?

Why doesn't my soap look perfect?

Soap as Art A bar of soap can be a remarkable art form. Have a quick glance around the internet looking for fancy, quirky, and detailed soaps and you will...

Why doesn't my soap look perfect?

Soap as Art A bar of soap can be a remarkable art form. Have a quick glance around the internet looking for fancy, quirky, and detailed soaps and you will...

Lard and Tallow - What's the difference?

Lard and Tallow - What's the difference?

Animal fats are far less common in our daily lives than in the past and in recent decades there has been a push to remove them from not only our...

Lard and Tallow - What's the difference?

Animal fats are far less common in our daily lives than in the past and in recent decades there has been a push to remove them from not only our...

Making Milk Soap

Making Milk Soap

I am sometimes asked if I make goat milk soap and the answer is no, in fact I make cow milk soap! I'm not quite sure when and why goat...

Making Milk Soap

I am sometimes asked if I make goat milk soap and the answer is no, in fact I make cow milk soap! I'm not quite sure when and why goat...

What is lye and why it's in our soaps

What is lye and why it's in our soaps

Every so often I get asked some variation of "the lye question" from customers or prospective customers: Do your soaps contain lye? (yes... and also no) Can you make me...

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What is lye and why it's in our soaps

Every so often I get asked some variation of "the lye question" from customers or prospective customers: Do your soaps contain lye? (yes... and also no) Can you make me...

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